# STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE AT THE ROCK CHURCH

As we all know once a year the President of the United States gives a message called the State of the Union. He will tell the people of this country where we have been and what has been accomplished and also what he forecasts he wants this country to go during this coming year. It most likely will contain positive aspects of a lot of things and also some negative things that would mean that we are not out of the woods yet and need to improve on some things. Overall the message is to give one a positive feeling that a lot has been accomplished but still there is a lot more to be accomplished so that everyone will feel that this country is headed in the right direction. If it was not then supposedly it would be up to him to change the course that it is headed in before it is too late. This is why we call him the President. One of the pastors of the Rock Church in Taylorsville this last Friday night stood up and showed pictures and talked about things that had happened in 2015. He wanted to show everyone present there of how this church started there with just a few members and how many apparently there are now. He didn’t talk about members but about people attending. See this church handles things differently than the predominating church in this city. They love to give out numbers to show how each year there are more and more members of this church because this shows that they are constantly growing. This doesn’t mean that they are bringing more and more people closer to Christ but putting their names on the rolls. This is not what a church should be. Numbers, numbers and more numbers. The more the better for the shareholders. What the Rock wanted to emphasize is that more and more people are knowing about this new location and they are coming to see what it is all about. They can come and go as they please because nobody will take down their name and hunt them so they will keep coming back again and again. It is also not about how much money they put into the cookie jar each time they come. On the contrary they will tell you not do give any money to this church if you don’t want to make it your home church otherwise just keep coming until you feel you want to give them some money and not because they require this from you. Come as you are and go away whenever you don’t feel comfortable and go someplace else if you want to. Most of his talk was filled with jokes and funny moments remembering what this church did as a family last year. It made you feel that everyone there were all striving to accomplish one thing. Help each other out to get back to their creator one way or another. This is truly like the earlier churches were set up after Christ left. Each run by leaders not as a business or a corporation but as a family where they were all in the same boat helping each other out. Nobody better than others and with the “no man left behind” mentality. He wasn’t there to brag about what had happened in 2015 but just to make others aware how they started and where they were at and not just due to their hard work but that the Lord was the One that should be taking credit for all of this. They all did this not just to make themselves feel better but to give praise to the only One that deserves it. It’s all about Jesus mentality and not about a leader or a church or a member. May God keep blessing this simple church.